The debate team spent the past two weekends competing with mixed results.

At the Maine East Regatta in Park Ridge Feb. 8-9, three novice teams ended up with 3-2, 3-2 and 2-3 records and two varsity teams ended up with 2-3 and 1-4 records. Sophomore Alexandra Nehme earned ninth best speaker.

At the Golden Desert Debate Tournament at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Feb. 2-4, freshman novices Berk Oto and Brandon Bousquette advanced into quarterfinals with a 3-2 record. Seniors Roshni Padhi and Elena Liao, the other team that went to this tournament, finished with a 3-3 record after preliminaries.